Pat Scott knows that admission is free for Duke staff at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke. A cool summer mason jar and iced tea refills–Pat knows those are free at the museum, too! That’s why Pat brought a new colleague, Yvette Jones, to the Nasher Museum Cafe for lunch recently. They both work at Duke in the Smith Warehouse. “I love my jar,” Pat said, between sips of unsweet tea. “The tea is just fabulous!” Yvette nodded her head in agreement, while sipping her sweet tea.

The Nasher Museum invites Duke employees to stop by the visitor services desk, Tuesday through Friday, between 11 AM and 2 PM, to claim a Summer Days Nasher Nights reusable mason jar. Every time you visit the café this summer, use it for complimentary iced tea.

Thursday evenings and weekends are also a great time to visit the museum. Free guided tours are every Thursday at 6 PM. The fifth season of Summer Days Nasher Nights includes new Brew & View beer tasting events and Wine Tastings with hors d’oeuvres samplings. Live and Local Sunday brunches, the Dinner and a Movie series of free films and the popular Guest Chef dinner series are also returning for a great season. Summer is a great time for creative diversions, so visit us for weekly drop-in craft sessions, monthly book discussions and sketching in the galleries.

Find even more reasons to visit the Nasher Museum this summer online: nasher.duke.edu. See you soon!

Our Bloggers

Wendy Hower

Wendy Hower has been the manager of marketing and communications at the Nasher Museum since April 2004. Before that, she was a print journalist for 15 years at newspapers in Boston, Alaska and North Carolina. She has two teen-age children and a chocolate Labrador retriever.

J Caldwell

J Caldwell is online community coordinator and photographer at the Nasher Museum, where he has taken pictures since 2008. His previous career was testing the hearing of fruit flies as an anesthesiology research fellow at Duke. His calico cat Lotte is a reluctant photo model.

Juline Chevalier

Juline is the curator of education at the Nasher Museum, and as such, has been getting people to look more, think more, and talk more about art since 2005. Juline is too crafty for her own good, and likes to knit, sew and weave in her free time. She has two mini dachshunds that refuse to wear the sweaters she has made them.

Sarah Schroth

Sarah is the Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director of the Nasher Museum.

Katie Adkins

Katie is assistant curator at the Nasher Museum, where she has worked since 2010. A Duke graduate, Katie likes to read, travel, and eat good food. Her cat Ramona also enjoys eating but is less discriminating.